"York Times"", Howard Thompson noted the film suffered from poor production values, and a derivative plot, ""It's the same old iron-jawed, cowboy seven, with new actors and all the magnificence of a dead burro."" The review in ""Variety"" was more kind. ""Guns of the Magnificent Seven is a handy follow-up to the 1960 original 'Magnificent Seven' and 'Return of the Seven'. It rises above a routine story line via rugged treatment and action builds to a blazing gunplay climax."" ""Guns of the Magnificent Seven"" was released in theatres in the United States on July 30, 1969. The film was released"
"new record for box office sales. English composer Anne Dudley won an Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score for ""The Full Monty"". Work by Scottish composer Craig Armstrong was featured in the score of ""The Negotiator"", and John Powell produced his second major film score, for ""Antz"". Film composer John Barry produced his first full-length classical work, ""The Beyondness of Things"". One of Britain's most successful classical composers, Sir Michael Tippett, died at the age of 93, having developed pneumonia while visiting Stockholm for a retrospective of his concert music. It was also the year when 12-year-old"
"the British instrumental group, The Shadows. In June 1970, The Strangers released their most successful hit, ""Melanie Makes Me Smile"", which peaked at No. 14 on the ""Go-Set"" National Top 60 in August. However, in July 1970, Farrar had left The Strangers, and with Carroll; he moved to Britain, where he was invited to become a member of Marvin, Welch & Farrar, a vocal-harmony group featuring two former members of The Shadows, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch. By that time Newton-John and Welch were engaged and Farrar and Welch became two of her songwriters and producers. Welch and Farrar co-produced"
"stars of Janis Joplin, lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jimi Hendrix, and the Who. Existing ""British Invasion"" acts now joined the psychedelic revolution, including Eric Burdon (previously of The Animals) and The Who, whose ""The Who Sell Out"" (December 1967) included psychedelic influenced tracks ""I Can See for Miles"" and ""Armenia City in the Sky"". The Incredible String Band's ""The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion"" (July 1967) developed their folk music into full blown psychedelia, which would be a major influence on psychedelic rock. According to author Edward Macan, there ultimately existed three"
"Paul Rodgers Paul Bernard Rodgers (born 17 December 1949) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was vocalist of Free and Bad Company. After stints in two less successful bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, The Firm and The Law, he became a solo artist. He has more recently toured and recorded with Queen. Rodgers has been dubbed ""The Voice"" by his fans due to his powerful and bluesy voice. A poll in ""Rolling Stone"" magazine ranked him number 55 on its list of the ""100 Greatest Singers of All Time"". In 2011"
"the Beatles, but these performances did not help them gain sustained success in North America. Richard and the Shadows appeared in six feature films including a debut in the 1959 film ""Serious Charge"" but most notably in ""The Young Ones"", ""Summer Holiday"", ""Wonderful Life"", and ""Finders Keepers"". These films created their own genre, known as the ""Cliff Richard musical"", and led to Richard being named the No. 1 cinema box office attraction in Britain for both 1962 and 1963, beating that of even James Bond. The title song of ""The Young Ones"" became his biggest-selling single in the United Kingdom,"
"at Eastwood Park Theatre in Giffnock, performed by the EROS Musical Society. The Young Ones (1961 film) The Young Ones (US title: It's Wonderful to Be Young!) is a 1961 British film musical, directed by Sidney J. Furie and featuring Cliff Richard, Robert Morley as his character's father, Carole Gray as his love interest, and The Shadows as his band. The screenplay was written by Peter Myers and Ronald Cass, who also wrote most of the songs. Herbert Ross choreographed the dance scenes. The film was produced by the Associated British Picture Corporation and shot at their Elstree Studios. It"
"In 1999, they were ranked sixth in ""Forbes""' inaugural Celebrity 100 Power Ranking. They produced a total of nine number one singles in the UK—tied with ABBA behind Take That (eleven), The Shadows (twelve), Madonna (thirteen), Westlife (fourteen), Cliff Richard (fourteen), The Beatles (seventeen), and Elvis Presley (twenty-one). The group had three consecutive Christmas number-one singles in the UK (""2 Become 1"", 1996; ""Too Much"", 1997; ""Goodbye"", 1998); they only share this record with The Beatles. Their first single, ""Wannabe"", is the most successful song released by an all-female group. Debuting on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart at number"
"Greats"" by EMI in 1977, which led to a number one album prompted the group to re-form once more for a 'Twenty Golden Dates' tour around the UK, featuring Francis Monkman from Sky on keyboards and Alan Jones on bass guitar. Francis left after that tour and the line-up settled as Marvin, Welch and Bennett, supplemented on records and gigs by Cliff Hall (keyboards) and Alan Jones (bass). It was this line-up that reunited with Cliff Richard for two concerts at the London Palladium in March 1978. Highlights of the concert, including four solo Shadows tracks, were released the following"
"January 1975. Hard rock bands AC/DC and Rose Tattoo and harmony rock group Little River Band also found major overseas success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, touring all over the world. Meanwhile, a score of Australian expatriate solo performers like Helen Reddy, Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen became major stars in the US and internationally. Icehouse also formed in the late 1970s. This period also saw bands like Skyhooks moving towards new wave music, and the late 1970s saw the emergence of pioneering punk rock bands like The Saints and Radio Birdman, as well as electronic musical groups,"
"This top ten album consisted entirely of cover songs. The album spent 16 weeks on chart peaking at number 6. 1988 the Shadows took a year off with none or very little public or TV appearances, no album and no tour. In June 1989 the Shadows once more reunited with Cliff to celebrate 30 years in show business where the singer filled London's Wembley Stadium for two nights with a spectacular titled ""The Event"" in front of a combined audience of 144,000 people. As a special surprise for the fans Cliff invited onto the stage original and founding members of"
"Sunshine in the Shadows: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1931–1932) Sunshine in the Shadows: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1931–1932) is a compilation of recordings made by American country music group the Carter Family, released in 1996. It is the fifth of nine compilations released by Rounder Records of the group's Victor recordings. The original Carter Family group consisting of Alvin Pleasant ""A.P."" Delaney Carter, his wife Sara Dougherty Carter, and his sister-in-law Maybelle Addington Carter recorded many of what would become their signature songs for Victor Records. Recorded during the Great Depression, the Carters were paired with country singer Jimmie Rodgers"
"country including Barbarella's in Birmingham. On 18 December 1977 they supported The Sex Pistols at their second gig at the Wolverhampton Lafayette Club as part of the infamous Spots tour. The Rats also played a one off gig in HM Prison Long Lartin , where the band met John McVicar who was helping with the equipment. In 1979 The band changed its name to The Photos and were joined by singer Wendy Wu. At the end of a bidding war the band ended up signing to CBS in 1980. It was the biggest record deal for an unknown band at"
"fourth most successful act in the UK singles chart, behind Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Cliff Richard. The Shadows and Cliff Richard & the Shadows each have had four No. 1 selling EPs. The Shadows were formed from members of late 1950s UK skiffle groups: Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, both inspired by US pop music, came from the Newcastle-based Railroaders (and also the Five Chesternuts on Columbia Records); and Jet Harris and Tony Meehan from London, both inspired by UK jazz–skiffle music, came from the Vipers Skiffle Group (on Parlophone Records). Originally the backing band for Cliff Richard, ""The"
"combination of the American situation, Cliff Richard's runaway success (""Living Doll"" had by now sold over a million copies in Britain alone) and a bit of nudging from Norrie Paramor, we set about finding a permanent name, which arrived out of the blue one summer's day in July 1959 (maybe the 19th). When Hank Marvin and Jet Harris took off on their scooters up to the Six Bells pub at Ruislip, Jet hit upon a name straight away. 'What about the Shadows?' The lad was a genius! So we became the Shadows for the first time on Cliff's sixth single"
"is also the second fastest selling single in the UK with only Elton John's ""Candle in the Wind"" ahead of it. It became the biggest selling single of the year. A 2-week run at the top was next from veteran band The Police. Experiencing massive success in the early 1980s with 5 No. 1 singles, lead singer Sting eventually went solo and became a very successful and highly respected musician, especially in the US. A combination of his greatest hits and the Police's greatest hits was released entitled ""The Very Best of Sting & The Police"". Greatest hits took over"
"1967 in music The year 1967 was an important one for psychedelic rock, and was famous for its ""Summer of Love"" in San Francisco. It saw major releases from The Beatles (""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" and ""Magical Mystery Tour""), Small Faces (""Itchycoo Park""), Eric Burdon & The Animals (""Winds of Change""), Big Brother and The Holding Company (""Big Brother and The Holding Company""), The Doors (""The Doors"" and ""Strange Days""), Jefferson Airplane (""Surrealistic Pillow"" and ""After Bathing at Baxter's""), Moby Grape (""Moby Grape)"", Traffic (""Mr. Fantasy""), Pink Floyd (""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn""), Love (""Forever Changes)"","
"others to the UK company and signings for the World included Vangelis, Sex Pistols, Whitesnake and Madness. In 1983, Dickins became the Chairman of Warner Music UK (a division of Warner Music Group), remained in that role until December 1998. During his term there, he turned the company into one of the most profitable in the UK. His first signing, Howard Jones, sold 4 million records, whilst US artists such as Prince, Foreigner, ZZ Top, and Madonna also contributed to the Warner recovery. Successes such as Tracy Chapman, Paul Simon's ""Graceland"", R.E.M. and Alanis Morissette broke first in the UK,"
"Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder and Mick Woodmansey; together they recorded ""Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"", an album considered by a magazine article as one of a 100 greatest and most influential of all time. In the following decade, Def Leppard, from Sheffield, achieved worldwide fame, particularly in America. Their 1983 album ""Pyromania"" and 1987 album ""Hysteria"" are among the most successful albums of all time. Yorkshire had a very strong post-punk scene which went on to achieve widespread acclaim and success, including: The Sisters of Mercy, The Cult, Vardis, Gang of Four, ABC, The Human League, New Model"
"The Shadows The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters) were an English instrumental rock group, and were Cliff Richard's backing band from 1958 to 1968 and have also collaborated again on numerous reunion tours. The Shadows have placed 69 UK charted singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, 35 credited to the Shadows and 34 to Cliff Richard and the Shadows. The group, who were in the forefront of the UK beat-group boom, were the first backing band to emerge as stars. As pioneers of the four-member instrumental format, the band consisted of lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar and"
"Peter Tuddenham Peter Tuddenham (27 November 1918 – 9 July 2007) was a British actor, best known for providing the voices of Zen, Orac and Slave, computers on the science fiction TV show ""Blake's 7"". Son of Oliver Wilfrid Tuddenham and Kate May Gooding. Tuddenham began his career in weekly repertory and entertained troops during the Second World War as a member of the Army's ""Stars in Battledress"". Back home, he won a part in Ivor Novello's ""The Dancing Years"" and, following stints in West End revues and farces, worked with Noël Coward in ""Ace of Clubs"". Moving into radio,"
"July 2013 by Hodder & Stoughton. The book is a study of British singer Amy Winehouse's life in the context of the 27 Club, the group of iconic music stars who died at the same young age, including Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones whose death in 1969 was followed by Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin in 1970, Jim Morrison in 1971, and Kurt Cobain in 1994. Howard Sounes Howard Sounes (born 1965 Welling, South East London, England) is a British author, journalist and biographer. Howard Sounes began his career as a newspaper journalist as a staff reporter for the"
"New York with a psychedelic sound. In 1968, Commonwealth United purchased Koppelman/Rubin Associates and Koppelman and Rubin stayed on to run the music division. In 1968 they signed the psychedelic band the Rahgoos and famously made the band change its name to Gandalf. During the early 1970s, Koppelman moved on to CBS Records and held numerous positions, including Vice President/National Director of A&R where he signed acts including Billy Joel, Dave Mason, Janis Ian, Journey, and Phoebe Snow. By the mid-1970s, Koppelman had stepped up to Vice President/General Manager of worldwide publishing for CBS Records. In 1975, he formed The"
"but behind-closed-doors insight into a deeply private, complicated, internationally beloved superstar."" After the release of the film, ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" re-entered the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for the third time (having previously charted in 1976 and 1992), charting at number 33 on 12 November 2018. Current members Former members Long-term Queen + vocalists Current touring members Former touring members Early members Queen (band) Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970. Their classic line-up was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals and piano), Brian May (lead guitar and vocals), Roger Taylor (drums and vocals), and John Deacon (bass guitar)."
"at the concerts, which were broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks. In November 2006, the Rolling Stones' 'A Bigger Bang' tour was declared the highest-grossing tour of all time, earning $437 million. In December 2009, a campaign was launched on Facebook by Jon and Tracy Morter, from South Woodham Ferrers, which generated publicity in the UK and took the 1992 Rage Against The Machine track ""Killing in the Name"" to the Christmas Number One slot in the UK Singles Chart, which had been occupied the four consecutive years from 2005 by winners from the TV show The"
"Leeds, The Phoenix, The Fleadh, Madstock, and numerous other one offs including the first Sex Pistols re-union in Finsbury Park. In 1989 Mean Fiddler took over the organisation of the Reading Festival; acts included New Order, The Pogues, The Wonder Stuff and The Sugarcubes. Power is credited with reversing the fortunes of the long-established event, turning Reading into a highly anticipated and very successful fixture on the annual festival calendar. Power sold his stake in The Mean Fiddler Music Group plc in July 2005, and went on to set up Vince Power Music Group. Power acquired one of Europe's most"
"The Escape Club The Escape Club is an English pop rock band that was formed in London in 1983. They are perhaps best known for their 1988 number one U.S. hit ""Wild, Wild West"" and for their top-ten 1991 hit ""I'll Be There"". The band formed in 1983, comprising Mad Shadows members lead singer/rhythm guitarist Trevor Steel and guitarist John Holliday, along with former Expressos members bassist Johnnie Christo (a.k.a. John Christoforou) and drummer Milan Zekavica. The seeds for the formation of The Escape Club were sown when Zekavica joined Steel and Holliday in Mad Shadows, who subsequently performed on"
"The Shadows (album) The Shadows is a 1961 rock album by British group The Shadows, which reached number one in the UK charts. The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios (Studio 2) between 26 October 1960 and 21 June 1961. It was recorded on entirely analogue equipment in real time, with each track recorded on a one-track-per-day basis with no overdubs or edits on a 2 track recording machine. Rather than having a stereo mix being mixed down into a mono version, both stereo and mono mixes were recorded simultaneously but separately within the same session. Mistakes made during"
"Heights"", ""Can't Buy Me Love"", ""London's Burning"", ""The Knock"", ""Staying Alive"", ""Dirty Work"", ""Holby City"", ""Birds of a Feather"" and ""Close to Home"". His film credits include ""Chaos and Cadavers"" and ""The American Way"". Warren Bennett (musician) Warren Bennett (born 4 July 1962) is an English musician, composer and performer. He was educated at Mill Hill School and is the son of Brian Bennett, the Shadows' drummer. He has played keyboards on tour with the Shadows from 2004 until the present day with and without one-time front man Cliff Richard. Warren’s professional musical career began in 1977 when, aged 15"
"Cunningham and the Mighty Avons were a huge summer marquee carnival dance draws alongside Margo, Philomena Begley and Brendan Shine. By the mid-1970s the phenomenon had peaked, and was in decline. A number of factors contributed to their drop in popularity, including the advent of upscale discothèque, the opening of hotel music lounges and cabaret rooms (with alcohol licenses), and changing musical tastes. In July 1975 members of the Ulster Volunteer Force killed three members of The Miami Showband, one of Ireland's biggest showbands, including lead singer Fran O'Toole, and wounded two others. The killings, which occurred as the band"
"drums. Their range covers pop, rock, surf rock and ballads with a jazz influence. The core members since 1958 have been Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch. Along with the Fender guitar, another cornerstone of the Shadows sound was the Vox amplifier. The Shadows, with Cliff Richard, dominated British popular music in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the years before the Beatles. The Shadows' number one hits included ""Apache"", ""Kon-Tiki"", ""Wonderful Land"", ""Foot Tapper"" and ""Dance On!"". Although they lost ground in the late '60s, the band had a second success from the late '70s. The Shadows are the"
"beat music was not as popular as British R&B among mods. The late 1970s saw an explosive mod revival in England due to the popularity of new wave mod band The Jam and the huge success of the film ""Quadrophenia"" in 1979. The Jam were fronted by Paul Weller who became known as 'The Modfather'. Other mod revival bands that emerged at this time were Secret Affair, The Merton Parkas and The Lambrettas. A notable part of the mod subculture was recreational amphetamine use, which was used to fuel all-night dances at clubs like Manchester's Twisted Wheel. Newspaper reports described"
"bands. The Shadows The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters) were an English instrumental rock group, and were Cliff Richard's backing band from 1958 to 1968 and have also collaborated again on numerous reunion tours. The Shadows have placed 69 UK charted singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, 35 credited to the Shadows and 34 to Cliff Richard and the Shadows. The group, who were in the forefront of the UK beat-group boom, were the first backing band to emerge as stars. As pioneers of the four-member instrumental format, the band consisted of lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar"